Heater for carbureters



R. C. BURNETT.

HEATER FOR CARBURETERS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. e, 1919.

1 344,02 1 Patented June 22, 1920.

imam tom REX C. BURNETT, OF RALEIGH, ILLINOIS;

HEATER FOR GAItBURETERS.

Application filed September 6, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REX C. B URNETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Raleigh, in the county of Saline and'State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Heaters for Carburetors, of which the following is a specification.

As is well known, gasolene, in cold weather does not vaporize as rapidly as in warm weather. It is the object of the present invention to produce a heating device which may be easily, quickly and securely attached to a carburetor or to the intake pipe for the manifold of the engine of a gas driven automobile which will heat the gasolene passing through the carburetor or through the intake pipe to properly vaporize the same and to permit the easy starting of the machine.

A further object of the invention is to produce a heating device for this purpose designed for burning a gaseous fluid, which may be easily, quickly and securely attached to either the carbureter or to the manifold intake pipe of an engine for heating the gasolene or vapors passing therethrough, and one which may be as readily removed with out injury to the operator.

A further object of the invention is to produce a heater of this character comprising two hingedly connected sections each having at the base and upon the outer face thereof a fuel chamber and baflie or direct ing plates above the fuel chamber, one of the sections being provided with an upstanding rod having an offset end that terminates in a handle which may have Wire wound therearound to cool the same, the other being also provided with a rod having an offset upper portion terminating in a hook designed to engage with the first mentioned rod to hold the sections together to cause the same to be clamped around the carbureter or around the intake pipe for the manifold of an engine.

Other objects and advantages will present themselves as the nature of the invention is'better understood, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which there is illustrated a simple and satisfactory embodiment of the invention reduced to practice, it being understood, however, that the nature of the invention is such as to render the same susceptible to various changes in size, proportion and details of construction, all of such changes, however, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1920. Serial No. 322,029. I

' In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view illustrating the application of the improved heater upon a carbureter of the ordinary construction. i

F igf2 is a perspective view of the improvement.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view thereof, the dotted lines showing the heating chambers sep arated. I

In Fig. 1 of the drawings I have illus-' be less than one-half of a circle and for distinction are indicated by the numerals .6 and 7 respectively. The members 6 and 7 are really in the nature of split sleeves, be ing of determined length, and each of the members at their confronting ends are formed with ears or butts 8 having alining eyes through which a pintle 9 passes whereby the said members are hingedly connected. Each of the members upon its outer face and. adjacent to with an outstanding flange 10 forming be tween the lower inturned wall 11 thereof the side wall and the outer side walls of the members 6 and 7 a fuel chamber 12. Each of the members 6 and 7, above the fuel chamber has upon its outer face upstanding outwardly projecting ribs 13, and these ribs serve as directing elements for the flame from the fuel in the fuel chambers, The ribs 13 terminate at the upper edges of the members 6 and 7.

On the upper edges of the members 6 and 7 at approximatel equal distances from the meeting end of t e said members are upstanding rods let and 15 respectively. The rod 15, which is provided. upon the member 7 is of a greater length than the rod 14 on the member 6.

The rod 14 adjacent to its outer end is bent upon itself to provide an angle portion 16 that is directed toward the rod 15, and this angle portion has its free end bent upon itself to provide a hook 17 that is designed to engage with the rod 15, and thus clamp the sections 6 and 7 together whereby the said sections will be; held around the oil its lower edge is provided chamber of the carbureter, or as previously stated, around the intake pipe of the manifold of an engine. lhe rod 15 at a point above its engagement with the hook 17 is rounded slightly outwardly and from thence curved or rounded over the extension 16 of the rod 14 to provide a handle 18. This handle may be and preferably is surrounded by a coil of wire 19 whereby to retain the handle in a cool condition so that the device may be detached from the carbureter or from the intake pipe of the manifold after the gasolene therein has been properly heated to insure the vaporization.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. In a device for the purpose set forth,

two substantially semi-cylindrical sleeves having a hinge connection at one of their ends, and a fuel receptacle upon their outer faces at their lower ends, suspending means on one of the sleeve members, and clamping means on the other sleeve member designed to engage with the suspending means for holding the members closed.

2. In a device for the purpose set forth, two substantially semi cylindrical sleeve members having one of their ends hingedly connected, liquid fuel receptacles on the lower and outer portions of the members, ribs on the said members extending upwardly from the fuel receptacle, upstanding rods on each of the receptacles, one of said rods having an angle portion terminating in a hook designed to engage with the other rod, and the last mentioned rod having its outer end formed with a handle that overlies the extension of the first mentioned rod.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

- REX G. BURNETT. 

